Clock-case



(No Model.)

' S. GREENY.

GLOGK CASE.

Patented Aug. 26, 1890..

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON GREENY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOCK-CASE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 435,060, dateci. August 26, 189 0.

Applicaton fi1ed March 29, 1890. Serial No. 345,889. (No model.)

To all whom it many concern- Be it known that I, SIMON GREENY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain neW and useful Improvements in a Two-Part Case and Catch Therefor for Clocks, of which the following is a full and complete descripion.

The pnrpose of my invention is to obtain a two-part case for clocks,construoted ot aninner and an outer case,the inner case adapted to contain the works of a c1ock in the ordinary manner in which clock-works are contained in cases, and the onter case adapted to receive the inner case end detachably ho1d it securely therein, such outer case being aiso adapted to be rigidly secured to any suitable 2uticle or thing, as to the frame-work of a, cm, the walls of a room, or toany article of LII1- ture. It is often desirable, as With the driver of a horse-car or -the driver of a grip-car, to have the exact time always present to the view. As is xvel1 known to those skilled in the art of horology,to obtain the best resn1ts with a time-piece care is required in its treatment, and hence it is desirable that the person using a time-piece shail have sole charge thereof. It is also well known to those skilled in che operating of large lines of strect-railways that the driver of 2L borse or grip ca1= is not given a particular car whereof he has Sole charge; but there is assigned to eaeh driver the car then prepared for use when the time for such driver to cornrnence bis work arrives; end in order to furnish for the use of such driver e time-piece whereof 11e shail hrwe sole charge and from which he may obtain the time readily, I have devised my two part dock-case, the outer part being adapted, as hereinbefore stated, to be rigidly secured to the framework of said car, and the inner part thereof, containing the works, adapted to be firmly but detachably seeured in the Outer part.

I have illustrated rny invention by the drawings aceompanying this specification end forming a part hereof, in whi ch Figure 1 is a top pian view Of the inner case With the fastening thereon, whereby it is seoured to the enter case; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the inner case and the fastening thereon. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outer case and of a receptacie thereon, forming a part th'ereof, for

the fastening on the inner case. Fig. 4 is a top view of the outer case. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a section of the outer case With the receptacle th ereon which the fastening on the inner case engagcs. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the inner case With the fastening thereon which engages With the receptacle therefor in the outer case. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the inner end onter case secured together.

Like letters refer io Iike views throughont tlie several figures.

A is the enter case, and a (indicated by dotted line in Fig. 3) is the baci: of the case.

a a are holes in the back of the case A, through which holes screws ornails may be passed in attaching such outer case to any desired object.

B is a raised portion of the case A, hztving the end abutments C 0 and slot D therein. Raised portion B of outer case A, with abutments C 0 end slot D, constitutes the receptacie for the fastening on the inner case.

11; is designed by me that rny enter case shall be constructed of sheet metal pressed into suitable shape, and hence,the receptaele B C D on the enter case A is constructed by me, as is hereinbefore described, t0 adrnitof such receptable being formed up, as it is termed, in the ordinary way from the body of the side wa1ls of the case A.

E is the inner case.

F is a fiat catch formed of spring sheet metal end rgidlysecured at the end f thereof [0 case E.

G is a th u1nb-piece rigidly secured to springcatch F by post 9.

f is the free end of the spring-catch F, and engages With the abutments C 0 of receptacle B C D 011 outer case A.

Spring F, post g, end thumb-piece G con thickness of the sheet metal of which the outer case A is formed, end hence where the inner case fits reasonabl'y tight into the outer case the spring F may pass under the abutment C as the post g s entering che slot D, and when such post is well inserted in che slot the spring W11 rise, so that the end f thereof Wil1 press aganst the abutment 0 end hold the nner case firmly in place. T0 remove the inner case frena the outer case the thumb-piece G is pressed inward until the free end f of spring F rnay pass under the abutment C.

Having thus described my invention, what I clam, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A two-paro case for a, c1ock, consistng of an inner case, a spring rgidly secured at 0ne end thereof to the case, and a thumb-pieee seeured to The free end of the spring,n combination With an outer case adapted to receive the nner case and havng thereon a receptaele for the spring, such receptacle consisting of a mised portion of the ouoer case, hzwing abutments at the front end thereof and a slot upon its upper side,whereby When the inner case is inserted in the outer case the free end of the spring will come in contaci; With the inner face of the abutment, and the post on such sprn g Will be inserted in che slot, substzmtially as described.

SIMON GREENY. \Vtnessesz CHARLES T. BROWN, FLORA L. BROWN. 

